Single Mode Step Index Optical Fiber

A step index fiber is characterized by the core and cladding refractive indices n1 and n2 and the core and cladding radii a and b.

Single mode step index optical fiber.

How the wave is distributed in space. Single mode step index optical fiber structure and plot it is also a step index fibre but due to its small diameter of the core 2 10 micrometre it can support only single mode of light. Typical values range from 10 db km for step index fibers at 850 nm to a few tenths of a db km for single mode fibers at 1550 nm. Therefore this type of step index fiber is known as single mode step index fiber.

In single mode light takes single path through the fiber core. There are several causes of attenuation in an optical fiber. In fiber optic communication a single mode optical fiber is an optical fiber designed to carry only a single mode of light the transverse mode. Waves can have the same mode but have different frequencies.

Step index means sharp step in the index of refraction between core and cladding interface. The step index cable cross section is depicted in the figure 2. In single mode step index fiber there is no distortion. Single mode step index fiber.

Examples of standard core and cladding diameters 2a 2b are 8 125 50 125 62 5 125 85 125 or 100 140 units of µm. The bandwidth is about 50 mhz km for multimode step index fiber whereas it is more than 100 mhz km in case of single mode step index fiber. Multimode graded index fiber. Rayleigh scattering microscopic scale variations in the index of refraction of the core material can cause considerable scatter in the beam leading to substantial losses of optical power.

The fiber has lower bandwidth. This is the case in. The step index profile is used in most single mode fibers and some multimode fibers. The diameter of the core is between 50 200µm in the case of multimode fiber and 10µm in the case of single mode fiber.